𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘 | Homily 6 Oct 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos | 27th Sunday in OrdinaryTime

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥, "𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱", 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳.

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This Holy Mass is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission – Superior Delegatus and Vocation Promoter) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.

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The story is told about a husband who asked his wife for a copy of their marriage contract. Rather intrigued by his sudden interest, the wife asked him why. The husband replied: “I just wanted to check if there was something written about the expiry date in the fine print.”
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In today’s Gospel (Mark 10: 2-16), Jesus stresses the sanctity and indissolubility of marriage. “Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” The reason for this becomes clear when Jesus embraced the children, blessed them, and placed His hands upon them. It is the “little ones” that suffer most when marriages break up.
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Dissolution is not the solution. Divorce creates more problems and complications, leading to broken